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SCIENCE
became finalists in the Siemens
nullestinghouse competition. null majored
in mathematics at the nullninullersity of
Chicago and just finished the third year
of a Phnull program in
neurobiology there.
nullis research innullolnulles
the biochemical
processes
that regulate
neurotransmitter
release.
MARK SAIGET ’02
nullnull learned more during high school than null
did in collegenull OES taught me honull to think
Science teacher nullill nullamnull emnullraces Melissa Anne Radecki null0nullnull nullo nullas a finalist in the nullntel Science
criticallnullnull OES gave me the anullilitnull to find
nullalent Searchnull in this photo from 200nullnull
mnull onulln ansnullersnull nulln math class nulle nullere
asked honull to solve calculus pronulllems and
JESSICA YU ’98 JEN PERCY ’01
forced to reason through themnull nulln nullanullnull nulland
nulle improvised our onulln solos in addition
nullOES is a nullonderful environment for nulloung
nullen was an SnullS semifinalistnull and her
to reading sheet musicnull And in humanities
science minds nullecause the facultnull encourage primary interest in high school was classes nulle formulated our onulln opinions and
earlnull mentorship in the communitnullnull For me
science. wnull enullernull while at nulliddlebury
learned honull to communicate our ideas
this nullas integral in enullpanding mnull horinullonsnull
College she won a scholarship to attend
nulloth in class and on papernullnull
learning anullout different career paths and
nullfter his research with nullabriel
also learning real technical skills to nulluild onnullnull
the nullread nulloaf nullritersnull Conference
and decided she wanted to be a writer.
nullosenhouse nullsee abonullenullnull nullark earned
nullfter being an SnullS semifinalistnull
She switched to a major in Englishnull
a nullS in bioengineering from the
nullessica earned a nullS in biology from
and after graduation she worked for a
nullninullersity of nullashington. null works
Stanford nullninullersity and then went
year in publishing in nullew York and a
with a cardionullascular pathology
to medical school at Oregon nullalth
year in radio journalism with nullational
laboratory where he and his colleagues
Sciences nullninullersitynull graduating
Public nulladio in nulloston. She is now an
use molecular signals to insert stem
cum laude and alpha omega alpha in
nullowa nullrts nullellow at the nullowa nullritersnull
cells into heart cells in a petri dish and
nullnullnullnull. She has finished the first year
nullorkshop at the nullninullersity of nullowa.
then inject them directly into the scar
of a general surgery residency at the
formed by a heart attack.
nullninullersity of Colorado nullspital and
MELISSA ANNE RADECKI ’01
after her residency plans to pursue a
nullelissanull an SnullS finalistnull went to Yale
JORDAN WIRFS-BROCK ’02
fellowship in pediatric surgery. She has
nullninullersity and is now a fourth-year nullnullhe research skills and critical thinking null
done research on intracellular signaling
medical student at the nullninullersity of
learned at OES and in college translate vernull
pathways implicated in the denullelopment
Pennsylnullanianull where she is heanullily
nullell to reportingnull especiallnull nullhen it comes
of cancers. to environmental issuesnull nullhich are inherentlnull
innullolnulled in research.
complenull and multidisciplinarnullnullnull
PATTY JEANNE SEMURA ’99
GABRIEL ROSENHOUSE ’02
nulleaming with Chandler nullatton nullnullnullnull
Patty nulleanne was an SnullS finalist and nullordan was a regional finalist in the
attended Stanford nullninullersitynull where
nullOnullviouslnull null nullouldnnullt have nulleen anullle to
Siemens nullestinghouse competition.
studnull math in collegenull and nullouldnnullt nulle doing
she was majoring in symbolic systems
science nonullnull if null hadnnullt had some great math
She earned a bachelornulls degree in
and pursuing studies in artificial intel-
and science teachers in high schoolnull nullut null
aerospace engineering from nullnullnull but
ligence as well as cognitinulle science. learned honull to nullrite in mnull Englishnull histornull then realinulled that she didnnullt want to
She died of cancer in nullnullnullnullnull and an
and religion classesnull and thatnulls nullhere OES
be an engineer. nullow she is working
made the deepest and most positive impact
award in her name is ginullen annually
on mnull intellectual development and mnull
on a masternulls degree in ennullironmental
to a sophomore girl who possesses the
academic careernullnull
journalism at the nullninullersity of
nullisionnull creatinullitynull and potential to make
nullabriel and nullark Saiget nullnullnull
Colorado and plans to write about
a difference in the worldnull and who is an
did a team project for which they
science and the ennullironment.
actinulle builder of community.
OES SUMMER 2009
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